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PURSE

Unique ID: NMS-1C0E26

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Post Medieval purse bar, short and broad shield-shaped central boss covered in iron corrosion from remains of iron suspension-loop in vertical perforation, one side of oval-sectioned bar ending in irregular globular terminal (diameter 10-12mm) with four curved and oblique radiating grooves, other side of arm missing, stump only. Length >59mm. Cf. LMMC Type B3 (1967, Plate XXXVII, no.4). 16th century.

Class: bar
Sub class: Williams Class J

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Diameter: 12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
To be known as: Foulsham

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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
London Museum	1940	London Museum Medieval Catalogue	London	HMSO	1967, Plate XXXVII, no.4 type B3

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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